Newspaper-cover



('No Model.)

' J. DAVIS.

NEWSPAPER GOVE'R. No. 449,210. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

WITNESSES 0?? MM/ 1/ 1 I 77% a??? YWM UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOSEPH DAVIS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

NEWSPAPER-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. M9310, dated March 31,1891.

Application filed August 12, 1890. Serial No. 361,829. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California,have invented an Improvement in Covers and Files for Newspapers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- actdescription of the same.

My'invention relates to the class of covers and files for periodicalsgenerally, but more especially adapted for newspapers and other similarcirculating publications found in public places, such as hotels,steamboats, railwaytrains, and reading-rooms.

My invention consists in a cover or file composed of two leaves andaconnecting or back portion made of any suitable material withadvertisements displayed thereon, and having an opening inits frontadapted to expose the title or heading of the publication it contains.

The objects of my invention are, first, to produce a universal cover fornewspapers, periodicals, or books with or without paper covers, toindicate the name or title and date of such publication on the outerpage of such newspapers, periodicals, or books, respectively, withoutopening the cover of such pub lication or printing the title on myuniversal cover; second, to do away with the necessity of setting up andprinting the advertisements displayed on the cover at each new issueanew.

By this means the necessity of opening the cover to ascertain whetherthe paper Wanted is contained within is avoided, as I make the title orheading of the newspaper or publication itself designate thisimmediately by exposing it through the opening in the cover. Thesecovers are printed in quantity and of various sizes to fit publicationsof different dimensions with the slots or openings therein, and areapplied to such publications after issue in the usual way and manner.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my cover, showing itsopening, which exposes the title of the contained paper. Figs. 2 and 3are views showing modified forms of openings.

The cover orfile A may be made of any suitable material, and consists ofa front and a back leaf, and a back or connecting portion 1), unitingthe leaves along one edge, between which leaves the newspaperor otherpublication is to be secured. It may be applied in any suitable manner.

In the front of the cover is made an opening slot or slit to of anysuitable shape, and through this opening thetitle or heading B of thecontained publication is seen.

Upon the cover are to be printed various ad'- vertisements. Now it willbe seen that the newspapers or publications to which my covers areapplied can be as readily distinguished from each other in public placesas if they had no covers, and yet said papers are made to circulate theadvertising matter of the covers with which I provide them in a cheaperand more rapid manner, and in many cases can be used for a long periodof time without changing the matter thereon.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A cover or tile for newspapers and other circulating publications,consisting of two leaves and a back orconnecting portion uniting saidleaves along one edge, said leaves be- JOSEPH DAVIS. [L.

Witnesses: I

O. W. M. SMITH, OTIS V. SAWYER.

